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UCL researchers publish Summary Care Record (SCR) evaluation

A UCL (University College London) research team, led by London GP Professor Trisha Greenhalgh, has published its independent evaluation of the first year of the Summary Care Record (SCR) programme. The team found that although the SCR offers real benefits for treating patients in emergency and unscheduled care settings, the "complicated" technical system needs to be refined before being rolled out.

EHTEL Paves Way to Sustainable HealthCare

The findings of a report recently published by the European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) is presented at the eHealth High Level Conference in Portoroz, Slovenia 6-7 May 2008. "Sustainable Telemedicine: paradigms for future-proof healthcare" presents the current achievements and best practice examples drawn from a number of either on-going or completed pilot projects across Europe.

Simulating Surgery to Reduce Implant Complications

A computer simulation breakthrough could mean fewer medical complications and better surgical outcomes for patients undergoing hip, knee or spinal implant surgery. Each year surgeons across Europe perform a staggering 900,000 hip, knee and spinal implant operations. Implant surgery is one of the most remarkable advances in medical science. Such operations restore increased mobility and a vastly improved quality of life to millions of Europeans.

European Doctors Catch the eHealth Bug

The majority of European doctors have caught the information technology (IT) bug, according to a new Europe-wide survey on e-health. In total, 87% of European doctors now use a computer in their practices, while 69% have an internet connection. However, lack of training, inadequate technical support and maintenance costs are preventing a wider take-up of e-health applications across Europe.

Survey Takes Pulse of eHealth in Europe and Prescribes Wider ICT use Among Doctors

The European Commission today published a pan-European survey on electronic services in healthcare (eHealth) that shows 87% of European doctors (General Practitioners) use a computer, 48% with a broadband connection. European doctors increasingly store and send patients' data such as lab reports electronically.

New FP7 eHealth Project - COMOESTAS

COMOESTAS aims to develop an innovative ICT system that allows patients with Medication Overuse Headache (MOH), a common condition and a major cause of disability, to receive continuous and personalised treatment. The system will be based on an advanced Alerting and Decision Support System that follows patients from the diagnosis and supports the physician in managing the therapy, controlling relevant events impacting on patient safety.

Encouraging Innovation-Friendly Procurement in eHealth

An important success factor for meeting the challenges of health and social care in a sustainable, cost-effective way is to address these through mid- to long-term strategic approaches that not only make use of the latest inventions and innovations but that also help steer the development of new solutions.

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UCL researchers publish Summary Care Record (SCR) evaluation

EHTEL Paves Way to Sustainable HealthCare

Simulating Surgery to Reduce Implant Complications

European Doctors Catch the eHealth Bug

Survey Takes Pulse of eHealth in Europe and Prescribes Wider ICT use Among Doctors

New FP7 eHealth Project - COMOESTAS

Encouraging Innovation-Friendly Procurement in eHealth

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